Guiana Amazonian Park
| Parc amazonien de Guyane | |
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| Guiana Amazonian Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Coordinates | 2°50′18″N 53°46′20″W / 2.83833°N 53.77222°WCoordinates: 2°50′18″N 53°46′20″W / 2.83833°N 53.77222°W |
| Area | 20,300 km2 (7,838 sq mi) |
| Established | 2007 |
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| http://www.parc-guyane.gf/accueil.php | |
Guiana Amazonian Park (French: Parc amazonien de Guyane) is one of the ten national parks of France, aiming at protecting part of the amazonian forest located in French Guiana. This is the largest French national park, the largest in the European Union, and one of the largest national parks in the world.
It cannot be accessed from the sea-shore or by any other means other than by airplane or pirogue.
The protected area covers some 20,300 square kilometres (7,840 sq mi) for the central area (where full protection is enforced) and 13,600 square kilometres (5,250 sq mi) for the secondary area. Thus, the overall protected area represents some 33,900 square kilometres (13,090 sq mi) of rain forest.
The park has been built upon territories belonging to the communes of Camopi, Maripasoula, Papaïchton, Saint-Élie and Saül.
In the framework of the Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the project of a national park in French Guiana was initiated on June 4, 1992, with the impetus provided by François Mitterrand. This was formalised through a draft agreement signed by the presidents of the general council and of the regional council of French Guiana, and also by the French Ministers of the Environment, of the Overseas Departments and Territories and of Agriculture and Forestry. Following this, in 1993 the Mission for the Creation of the French Guiana National Park was created.
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